103 - Mary Francis Higgs - Exeter, MO - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

There is some biographical information in the FindAGrave entry for Mary Francis Tucker Higgs. She was born on 1 August 1908 to James Albert Tucker and Lena Eliza Davidson. She grew up in Barry County and received her education at Doss School, which is long gone. (It used to be along FR1065 north of CC north of Exeter.)

She married Jess Higgs, a Baptist minister, on 5 August 1928, just after her 20th birthday. Besides living most of her life in Barry County, she lived for a while in California, and spent the last 16 years in Pierce City in Lawrence County. She had worked at a couple of stores in Cassville during her years in Barry County.

She died on 26 November 2011, over 103 years old.

Location of Headstone: Cemetery

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